Dismissing a reporter's question about whether he would consider "extreme vetting" on gun ownership in the wake of Sunday's Texas church shooting, President Trump stood firmly against tougher gun laws.Speaking in South Korea's capital of Seoul during his tour through Asia, the president appeared annoyed with the time and place of the question -- the focus of the visit is on the nuclear threat of nearby North Korea. But he answered by praising the response of Sutherland Springs resident Stephen Willeford, who used his own rifle against shooter Devin Patrick Kelley."If he had not had a gun, instead of having 26 dead, you would have had hundreds more dead. … It’s not going to help," Trump said.The Air Force has admitted fault in not submitting to the FBI Kelley's criminal history of domestic violence. He would not have been able to buy weapons had it been properly shared.The president pointed to Chicago — "the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation" — as proof that those measures are unsuccessful. The city had 4,000 shooting victims in 2016, and numbers remain high this year compared to other large cities in the nation, though the claim about strongest gun laws is debatable."Chicago is a disaster, a total disaster," Trump said. "If (Willeford) did not have a gun or rifle, it would have been a much worse situation in the great state of Texas."

Dismissing a reporter's question about whether he would consider "extreme vetting" on gun ownership in the wake of Sunday's Texas church shooting, President Trump stood firmly against tougher gun laws.

Speaking in South Korea's capital of Seoul during his tour through Asia, the president appeared annoyed with the time and place of the question -- the focus of the visit is on the nuclear threat of nearby North Korea. But he answered by praising the response of Sutherland Springs resident Stephen Willeford, who used his own rifle against shooter Devin Patrick Kelley.

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"If he had not had a gun, instead of having 26 dead, you would have had hundreds more dead. … It’s not going to help," Trump said.

The Air Force has admitted fault in not submitting to the FBI Kelley's criminal history of domestic violence. He would not have been able to buy weapons had it been properly shared.

The president pointed to Chicago — "the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation" — as proof that those measures are unsuccessful. The city had 4,000 shooting victims in 2016, and numbers remain high this year compared to other large cities in the nation, though the claim about strongest gun laws is debatable.

"Chicago is a disaster, a total disaster," Trump said. "If (Willeford) did not have a gun or rifle, it would have been a much worse situation in the great state of Texas."